TTii': SAr-i''Ki';i>iN'(i i'.i;i;'n,i'.i^. 



(W.) 



'IMiiMiiLilioiit Hh' Sf;i(<': (•(UiiiiKiii. IliltrniJitcs. .himinfy l-No- 

 vi'iiihcr ■_*."). «)i-ciifs l)cti(\-i11i lijirk jiiid in ruii<ri. 



XI. Omosita K.richs. 1S4;}. (dr./' wild.") 



'W) this o-eiius l)('l()ii<j; two siiuiU. piccous iK'ctlcs. distinguished by 

 characters given in generic key. Both occur also in Kuropc One 

 of them inhal)its Indiana. 



ll.':;7 (;>72T). Omosm-a colon Linn., Faun. Suec, 151. 



Oblons-oval. Ticeous, the margins of thorax dull yellow; elytra each 

 with three or four small dull yellow spots on basal half, and a large com- 

 mon yellowish space on apical i)ortion enclosing on each side a piceous 

 dot. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, sides regularly curved, sur- 

 face somewhat rugose and rather coarsely punctate. Length 2 3 mm. 



Tliroughout the State; connuon. March 24-Oetober 9. Prob- 

 ubly hibenuites. According to field notes, it was found on flowers 

 of skunk cabbage in April; beneath bones and skin of dead calf in 

 June and July, and on dry fungi in autumn, so that it may l)e said 

 to be onniivorous in taste. An introduced European species. 



XII. SoKOXTA Erichs. 184:^. (Gr., "old oak.") 



Five sjieeies of this genus are listed from the United States. 

 Our single species resembles Promeiopia i^exmaculara in form but is 

 smaller. diflPerently colored and the side of the head in front of the 

 eyes bears a distinct lobe. 



*r238 (3730). SoRONiA unuulata Say, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 

 1825, 179 ; ibid. II, 2SG. 



Broadly oval, depressed. Under surface and margins above dull yel- 

 low ; disk of thorax piceous with pale spots ; that of elytra piceous with a 

 zigzag band behind the middle and numerous small si)ots. paler. Thorax 

 more tlian twice as wide as long at middle, narrower in front, apex deeply 

 emarginate. sides moderately curved, hind angles obtuse; surface rather 

 densely punctured at middle, more sparsely on sides. Elytra slightly wider 

 than base of thorax, the disk a lirtle more coarsely punctured. Length 

 4-5 mm. 



Lake. ?»larion, Putnam and Vigo counties; scarce. Hibernates. 

 February 'i.l-September 22. Ocurs ])etH'a1h logs in winter, at sap 

 in spring and autumn. 



XIII. l^x'ADHs Erichs. 1843. (Gr.. "the hair.") 



This genus belongs to that division of the Nifidulim haA-ing the 

 prostenuim convex between the front coxa3, the tip with a conical 



